7 Jul
1998
7 Jul
'98
11:31 a.m.
That's correct. Now, the interesting thing is that according to pinout
charts, the keyboard cables are the same (clock, data, not used, ground,
+5). However, the keyboards are not compatible. Does anyone know what
the difference is?
I don't know much about Amigas, but I beleive the
mouse is a
quadrature-output mouse - what the PC crowd call a Bus mouse (and not a
serial mouse or PS/2 mouse). These mice are pretty generic apart from
the
connector wiring. If you're prepared to change the
connector (and trace
out the connections) then you can move these mice between systems.
In the UK you can get replacement quadrature mice from Maplin - either
2
button for the Amiga or 3 button for the Atari ST.
I've modified these
to
work on a Mac+, an old Amstrad that used a bus mouse, a
Whitechapel
MG1,
an Acorn Archimedes, etc. They're not cheap (about
3 times the price of
a
PC serial mouse :-(), but they are available.
-tony
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7 Jul
7 Jul
3:52 p.m.
That's correct. Now, the interesting thing is that
according to pinout
charts, the keyboard cables are the same (clock, data, not used, ground,
+5). However, the keyboards are not compatible. Does anyone know what
the difference is?
Off the top of my head it might have something to do with the layout of the
keys, and a different number of keys. I do know that they are
incompatible, although you can get a device to allow you to connect a PC
Keyboard, I believe it costs about as much to get the adapter as it would
to get a keyboard (go figure).
The following page has links to most all of the web pages dealing with
Amiga Hardware issues http://www.cucug.org/amihardware.html
This is probably the page that will be the most help
http://209.167.144.59/Technical.html
Also See
http://home.worldcom.ch/~jjuiller/docs_en.html
NOTE: The Amiga 2000 was released in 1987 and is therefore a valid topic of
discussion as it is 11 years old. The Amiga 500 was released the same year.
Zane
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10:36 p.m.
That's correct. Now, the interesting thing is
that according to pinout
charts, the keyboard cables are the same (clock, data, not used, ground,
+5). However, the keyboards are not compatible. Does anyone know what
the difference is?
Off the top of my head it might have something to do with the layout of the
keys, and a different number of keys. I do know that they are
incompatible, although you can get a device to allow you to connect a PC
Keyboard, I believe it costs about as much to get the adapter as it would
to get a keyboard (go figure).
There are a couple of quick-n-dirty hacks out on Aminet
(wuarchive.wustl.edu/~aminet). I am not aware of any pre-made adapters which
are significantly cheaper than $50USD.
-ethan
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